23 Orchard Avenue, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0AW

23 Orchard Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Selsey, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 is 12% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 16.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Sold October 2020 for £415,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.